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This delicious, silky smooth chicken-sweetcorn soup, served with homemade croutons on the side, is a real winter warmer! Serve this soup as a starter in the cold winter months or serve to someone who is just recovering from a nasty cold.  Kids too will love the soft bite of sweetcorn and the crunchiness of the buttered croutons floating on the soup. I fried the croutons with a little butter on the pan, instead of making them in the oven, which I found much easier and less time-consuming too.  To my delight I found them beautifully buttery and crunchy, just the perfect crusty accompaniment for the soup! You need the following ingredients to make this soup: Chicken breast/pieces without bones 100 g Corn flour 1 tbsp Warm water 2 cups Sweetcorn 1/4 cup Vinegar 1/4 tsp Salt and pepper to taste   Eggs  1 Onion  1 Garlic  3 cloves Spring onion chopped 1 tbsp Soy sauce 1/2 tbsp Olive oil or any cooking oil 1 tbsp Let’s make : Heat oil in a heavy bottom ...

These warm, spicy egg rotis are very popular Sri Lankan street food among urban and village folks alike and it is hard to find anyone who has not tasted these. Now that the trend is to make all these street food at home more hygienically, I have taken the opportunity to post my mum’s authentic recipe here. The street food vendors usually drench the dough with oil and make it more appealing in appearance but to keep it less in calories and healthy, I added the minimum required oil, keeping the taste intact! Remember to serve these straight out of the pan to be eaten piping hot! So, let’s get started; Make the dough for rotis You will need  All-purpose flour  2 cups  Salt  1/2 tsp  Olive oil (Any cooking oil would do)  1 tbsp  Sugar  1/2 tsp Baking powder  1/2 tsp Knead Rub flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and oil together Add lukewarm water little by little and knead for about 5 – 8 mins until the dough doesn’t ...

These dangerously addictive vegetable rotis are the most sorted street food in Sri Lanka! They are spicy, delicious, and wholesome! Whosoever tasted, would naturally want more! However, you can make a healthier version of these at home, keeping the same taste and appearance but with less oil and more fresh vegetables. It is a bit of a cumbersome task to knead the floor to bring to the right texture but when it is being achieved, the rotis are soft and perfect in taste. I have used a generous amount of veggies and very little oil in this recipe to keep it healthy and appetising at the same time. So, let’s make it, 1st Step: Make the dough for Rotis You will need :  All-purpose flour  3 cups  Salt  1 tsp Oil  1 tbsp  Sugar  1 tsp Knead Rub flour, sugar, salt and oil together Add lukewarm water little by little and knead for about 5 – 8 mins until the dough doesn’t stick on to your fingers Divide into equal sized balls giving an extra kn...